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Rare Air Koryo flight detected, one of just handful since pandemic shutdown

Air Koryo aircraft P-671 flew to unknown destinations on June 17 and April 23

Correction at 16:00 KST: Inaccurate claims Kim Jong Un's usage of the An-148 aircraft have been corrected.

A rare Air Koryo flight appearing to depart from Pyongyang was detected on Wednesday, one of just a handful of flights since North Korean airspace was effectively closed amid COVID-19 measures.

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